JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language ... the Fourth Edition, revised by the author. London: W. Strahan, 1773. 2 volumes, 2° (414 x 260mm). Titles printed in red and black, printed in double column (2 leaves cleanly torn in vol. I, sections of both titles lightly browned, some mainly marginal spotting, more pronounced in vol. II). Contemporary polished calf gilt, spine with red and green morocco lettering-pieces (rebacked, some heavy scuffing particularly to vol. II). Courtney & Smith pp.55-6. (2)